WO2017190164A1

WO2017190164A1 - Storage and retrieval device

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Publication number: WO2017190164A1
Application number: PCT/AT2017/050009
Authority: WO
Inventors: Karl Angleitner
Original assignee: Karl Angleitner
Priority date: 2016-05-03
Filing date: 2017-04-28
Publication date: 2017-11-09
Also published as: AT518568B1; CN109311647A; DE112017002303A5; AT518568A1; US20190152752A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a storage and retrieval device comprising a boom (1) which can be moved along a lower running rail (3) and an upper guide rail (4), a jack lift (15) which can be moved along the boom (1) on a jack lift guide (16), a boom support (2) which is arranged on the boom side opposite the jack lift (15), and a chassis which supports a running gear for supporting on the running rail (3). The aim of the invention is to provide advantageous structural conditions. This is achieved in that the boom (1) and the boom support (2) form the chassis, and the running gear has one respective running gear group (6, 7) arranged on the boom (1) and on the boom support (2). The two running gear groups (6, 7) are mounted in a bearing frame (12) provided on the foot of the boom (1) and the boom support (2).

Description

Reqalbedienqerät

Technical area

The invention relates to a stacker crane with a movable along a lower rail and an upper guide rail mast, with a movable along the mast on a lifting pallet truck, arranged with a mast side opposite to the truck side mast support and with a drive for support on the Running rail carrying chassis.

PRIOR ART In a known storage and retrieval unit of this type (EP 2 502 873 A1), a chassis supported on a running rail via a drive is provided, on which the mast is arranged in a middle section. On the

Chassis end with mast side facing away from a drive is a mast support between the mast and the drive opposite

Chassis end articulated. The lifting carriage, which can be moved along the mast on a lifting guide, is located on the side of the chassis facing the driving drive, so that it can only be lowered to the chassis and not into the area of the running rail. Since the mast is pivotally mounted on the chassis and the mast support can be adjusted in length, the mast can be adjusted in its inclination position. Although the articulated support of the mast and the mast support prevents torque transmission from the mast to the chassis, but the chassis is subjected to the load due to the mast and its load on bending, which requires a relatively heavy chassis construction. In order not to have to accept the Hub Restraint of the lift truck through the chassis, it is also known (EP 2 589 550 A1), the mast to arrange at one end of the chassis and by one at the other

Support the chassis end hinged mast support so that one on the

Chassis protruding down offset load-carrying means of the lift truck can be lowered below the height level of the chassis. A prerequisite, however, is a storage and retrieval unit, which is mounted on two rails, between which the load can be lowered accordingly. With the arrangement of the mast in the area of a chassis end while bending moments of the chassis due to the weight load through the mast can be largely avoided, but the bending moments must be absorbed, which are transmitted by a torque load of the mast on the chassis.

In order for a due to the bending load of the chassis conditional mast slope can be avoided in the direction of the rack aisle is at a

Storage and retrieval machine with two masts, between which the pallet truck is guided, proposed (EP 0 509314 A1), the two masts not on one

common chassis, but ever on a chassis to store, in the middle between the wheels of the interconnected chassis, so that a symmetrical relative to the masts bending load of the chassis results in the effect that the bending of the masts receiving carrier of the chassis only a vertical displacement the masts, but not one

Mast pitch condition. However, the chassis must be designed to be stiff in order to accommodate the bending moments acting on the masts, which occur especially when accelerating and decelerating the storage and retrieval unit in the direction of the lane. Presentation of the invention

The invention is therefore based on the object, a movable along a running rail storage and retrieval system in such a way that despite a

comparatively lightweight construction, the loads occurring can be advantageously removed to the rail and the otherwise by a chassis occurring restrictions on the Hubwagenbewegung need not be accepted.

Starting from a storage and retrieval unit of the type described above, the invention solves the problem by the fact that the mast and the mast support form the chassis and that the drive each has a arranged on the mast and the mast support drive group, the two drive groups in one at the foot of the Masts and the mast support provided storage rack are stored.

Since no separate chassis is provided, which absorbs in particular the loads through the mast and its loads and over the drive on the rail, but the mast and the mast support itself form the chassis, resulting in respect to the prior art significantly lighter and stiffer Construction. Due to the omission of a separate chassis, the wheels of the two drive groups, which usually take over the side guide, in storage racks at the foot of the mast and the mast support

provided. These storage racks can be formed with smaller masts by the mast or the mast support itself. For higher demands on the load capacity separate storage racks can be used, the z. B. in the foot of the mast or the mast support. Thus, since the mast and the mast support are supported load-bearingly on wheels of separate drive groups on the running rail, otherwise occurring in the area of the chassis according to the mast support and support

Bending moments avoided. In addition, the rigidity of the construction is significantly increased. The waiver of a separate chassis brings not only advantages in terms of design simplification and a weight saving with it, but also raises the given by a separate chassis

Restriction of the travel of the lift truck when it is lowered to the lowest position, because the pallet truck can be lowered along the mast to the running rail. This is especially true when the lifting guide for the Pallet truck extends under the top of the drive rail for the drive. For a given guide length for the pallet truck in the region of the rail down extended lifting guide means a shorter guide length for the truck above the guide rail, which brings an increase in the travel of the lift truck in the upper guide rail for the mast with it.

If the mast and the mast support are connected to form a triangle, the mast and mast support form a high strength requirement

Construction, especially if this triangle bandage is like a truss

is stiffened or is formed by a connecting plate between the mast and mast support. However, a rigid connection between the mast and mast support is by no means mandatory. So mast and mast support can also be hinged together, the distance between the drive groups of the mast and the mast support z. B. can be adjusted by an actuator so that the distance between the drive groups of the mast and the mast support, inter alia, influence on the rigidity of the construction can be taken. To accelerate the storage and retrieval unit can thus be selected a larger distance between the drive groups, in the end of the

Regal aisles can be kept small. If a belt drive is provided for the lift truck, then its endlessly guided belt can be guided over a drive arranged on the bearing frame of the mast support to a bearing arranged on the bearing frame of the mast support drive to secure by the displacement of the belt drive on the side of the mast support an advantageous weight distribution. Due to the lack of a separate chassis, there is sufficient space between the mast and the mast support for this purpose.

To tension the endlessly guided belt of the belt drive

usually provided a clamping device. So that this clamping device the travel of the lift truck neither in the lower nor in the upper

Limited end position, one end of the belt can be displaced on one connected to the pallet clamp and the other end of the

Belt drive to be fixed to one adjustable by means of a clamping drive in the belt longitudinal clamping plate, wherein the two juxtaposed clamping plates overlap each other in the belt longitudinal direction, so that the space requirement of the tensioning device in the belt longitudinal direction corresponds substantially to the clamping path increased length of the clamping plates.

To drive the storage and retrieval device along the rail can be provided in a conventional manner, a wheel drive, in particular a co-operating with the rail friction wheel drive or with one of the rail associated rack gear drive. In this case, it is recommended that the wheel drive on the support frame of the mast support

to achieve a favorable weight distribution between the wheels of the mast and the mast support. Instead of a cooperating with the running rail or a rack wheel drive but also the one hand, the mast and on the other hand associated with the mast support

Disk groups are connected to a running along the running rail circulating drive, with the help of the storage and retrieval device can be moved along the rail. That's the two drive groups

interconnecting Trum of the circulation drive can take over the connection between the mast base and foot of the mast support, because this strand of the

Circulating drive according to the forces occurring between the mast and mast support is claimed only to train.

To expand the capabilities of a storage and retrieval device according to the invention, the mast support may have a lifting guide for a truck, especially if the mast support acts in the region of the upper end of the mast, so that the pallet truck of the mast support can serve the shelf in full, but not mandatory is.

Finally, with high demands on the load capacity on the mast support side facing away from the mast with the mast by train or

Compression struts connected, mastparalleler guide mast are provided, the is supported by a drive group on the running rail and has a lift drive for the guided between the mast and the guide mast lift truck. Since the guide mast essentially only has to accommodate the executives for the lift truck, a connection to the mast is sufficient over pressure or tension struts, especially since the proportionate weight of the loaded lift truck is removed via the guide mast assigned to the drive group on the running rail.

Brief description of the invention

In the drawing, the subject invention is shown, for example. Show it

Fig. 1 shows an inventive storage and retrieval device in a schematic

Side View,

Fig. 2 of this stacker crane in a partially torn frontal

Front view on a larger scale,

Fig. 3 is a section along the line III-III of FIG. 2 on a smaller scale, Fig. 4 is a section along the line IV-IV of FIG. 3 on a larger scale, Fig. 5 is a section along the line VV Fig. 6 is a frontal front view of the lift truck in the area of

Clamping device for the belt drive belt drive for the pallet truck on a larger scale

7 is a section along the line VI I VI VI of Fig. 6,

8 shows a construction variant of a stacker crane according to the invention in a schematic side view,

FIG. 9 is a representation corresponding to FIG. 8 of a further embodiment of a stacker crane according to the invention and FIG

Fig. 10 shows an additional design variant of an inventive

Storage and retrieval unit in a schematic side view.

Way to carry out the invention The storage and retrieval unit according to FIGS. 1 to 5 has a mast 1 and a

Mast support 2, which stiffened like a truss with the mast 1

Triangle band forms. The mast 1 with the mast support 2 is along a

Running rail 3 movable and is in the upper end of a

Guide rail 4 held, with the help of side guide rollers 5. The mast 1 and the mast support 2 form a self-supporting chassis, which is supported by a drive on the rail 3 load-bearing. This drive forms two on the one hand the mast 1 and on the other hand the mast support 2 associated drive groups 6, 7, which comprise a weight-removing impeller 8 and the web of the running rail 3 laterally employed guide rollers 9, 10. In addition, backup rollers 1 1 are provided which engage under the track of the rail 3 and prevent lifting the drive groups 6, 7 of the rail 3. The drive groups 6, 7 have in the illustrated

Embodiment of the mast 1 and from the mast support 2 separately

Storage racks 12, in which the impeller 8, the lateral guide rollers 9, 10 and the backup rollers 1 1 are mounted. The storage racks 12 are shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 essentially connected by two

Side cheeks 13 formed between which the rollers 8 and the

Backup rollers 1 1 are stored. According to FIG. 4, the storage rack 12 is inserted into the base of the mast 1 forming a box profile via spacers 14. The storage rack 12 of the mast support 2 is attached to this mast support 2, for example by welding.

The lift truck 15 is movable on a lifting guide 16 along the mast 1 and can be moved by means of an endless belt drive 17. The arrangement is made such that the belt 18 of the belt drive 17 is guided via deflecting rollers 19 mounted in the bearing frame 12 of the mast 1 to a drive 20 arranged in the bearing frame 12 of the mast support 2, via which a deflection roller 21 for the toothed belt 18 is driven , Depending on the direction of rotation of the drive 20, the lifting carriage 15 can thus be moved along the lifting guide 16 on the mast 1. 4, the lifting guide 16 for the lifting carriage 15 extends below the upper edge of the track of the running rail 3 downwards, wherein the profile of the mast 1 in the region of the guide rail 3 has a recess 22. Because of this on the rail 3 downwardly above the lifting guide 16 for the truck 15, the truck 15 can be lowered according to FIG. 1 to the running rail 3. To the

To be able to absorb load on the lift truck 15, a guide length determined by the spacing of the guide rollers 23 of the lift truck 15 in the direction of the lifting guide 16 is to be observed. Since the lower guide rollers 23 due to the described design specifications at a distance below the

Load bearing 24 come to rest, located above the load receiving only a portion of the guide length, so that the truck 15 can take a better end position in the upper guide rail 4.

For tensioning the belt 18 of the belt drive 17, a tensioning device 25 is provided which, according to FIGS. 6 and 7, has clamping plates 26 and 27 for the two ends 28 and 29 of the belt 18 to be joined together.

While the clamping plate 26 is connected to the end 28 of the belt 18 against displacement with the lift truck 15, the clamping plate 27 is slidably guided for the other end 28 of the belt 18 in the lift truck 15 in the longitudinal direction of the belt 18 and is supported by a tensioning drive 30, the preferably as

Spindle drive is formed and used to adjust the belt tension. Since the two clamping plates 26, 27 are arranged next to each other and overlap each other in the longitudinal direction of the belt 18, a length of the clamping plates 26, 27 limited to the clamping path results in a limited length for the tensioning device 15 in the direction of the belt longitudinal axis, so that the pallet truck 15 despite the deflection of the belt 18 to the pulleys 19 can be lowered to the running rail 3 or raised in the region of the upper guide rail 4.

To drive the suspension formed from the mast 1 and the mast support 2, a wheel gear is provided, which is formed according to the embodiment as a cooperating with the running rail 3 friction gear. The lateral ones Guide rollers 10 of the drive group 7 are pressed laterally as friction rollers on the vertical web of the running rail 3 and driven by a motor 31.

The embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 7 illustrates an embodiment of a storage and retrieval device according to the invention, wherein due to the fact that is dispensed with a separate chassis and the mast 1 and the mast support 2 form a self-supporting chassis, the two

Drive groups 6 and 7 is supported on the running rail 3, for example, can be dispensed with a rigid triangular union between the mast 1 and mast support 2. Fig. 8 shows such an embodiment in which the mast support 2 is articulated via an upper hinge 32 on the mast 1. Mast 1 and mast support 2 are each supported by the drive groups 6, 7 on the running rail 3, wherein each drive group 6, 7 is assigned its own drive 33. These

Travel drives 33 are shown as friction wheel drives with lateral guide rollers 10 and are each controlled so that the distance of the

Drive groups 6 and 7 can be set and regulated from one another according to the respective operating conditions. This makes it possible to change the base of the storage and retrieval unit according to the respective requirements.

In Fig. 8 is also indicated that not only the mast 1, but also the mast support 2 lifting guides 16 can carry for a truck 15. In this case, it is advisable to control the two trucks 15 each separately via separate drives 34, preferably with belt drives 35 for the

Adjustment movement of the lift truck 15 are connected.

The determined by the distance of the two drive groups 6 and 7 base of a storage and retrieval device according to the invention can be determined by a running along the running rail 3 circulating drive 36, as shown in FIG. 9, when the two drive groups 6 and 7 are each set on Antriebstrum 37 of the circulation drive 36. Due to the fact that the

Antriebstrum 37 between the two drive groups 6 and 7 according to the occurring loads on the storage and retrieval device can only be claimed on train, the definition of the base of the stacker crane is sufficient by the in Fig. 9 indicated connection to the Antriebstrum 37 by tensile strength

Compounds 38. For the sake of clarity, in FIG

Drive groups 6 and 7 indicated only by the wheels 8.

Thus, the truck 15 also heavy loads can be recorded, can be provided according to FIG. 10 on the mast support 2 side facing away from the mast 1 connected to the mast 1 by tension and compression struts 39 mastparalleler guide mast 40, via a drive group 41 is supported on the running rail 3 and has a lifting drive 42 for the guided between the mast 1 and the guide mast 40 lift truck 15. In this case, a synchronization of the Hubtriebs 42 and the drive 20 for the belt drive 17 on the side of the mast 1 to provide. But it can also be a common drive for the lifting movement of the lift truck 15 on the side of the mast 1 and on the side of the guide mast 40 are provided.

Claims

claims

1 . Storage and retrieval unit with a mast (1) movable along a lower running rail (3) and an upper guide rail (4), with a lifting carriage (15) movable along the mast (1) on a lifting guide (16), with one on the lifting carriage ( 15) opposite mast side arranged mast support (2) and with a drive for support on the running rail (3) supporting chassis, characterized in that the mast (1) and the mast support (2) form the chassis and that the drive depending on a Mast (1) and on the mast support (2) arranged drive group (6, 7), wherein the two drive groups (6, 7) mounted in a provided at the foot of the mast (1) and the mast support (2) storage rack (12) are.

2. Storage and retrieval unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the mast (1) and the mast support (2) are connected to form a triangle.

3. Storage and retrieval unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the mast (1) and the mast support (2) are hinged together and that the distance between the drive groups (6, 7) of the mast (1) and the mast support (2) adjustable is.

4. Storage and retrieval unit according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized

in that the lifting guide (16) for the lifting carriage (15) extends below the upper edge of the drive rail (3) for the drive.

5. Storage and retrieval unit according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized

characterized in that for the lift truck (15) a belt drive (17) is provided, the endlessly guided belt (18) mounted in the storage frame (12) of the mast base deflection rollers (19) to one on the storage frame (12) of the mast support (2) Drive (12) is guided.

6. Storage and retrieval unit according to claim 5, characterized in that one end (28) of the belt (18) of the belt drive (17) on a sliding with the pallet truck (15) connected clamping plate (26, 27) and the other end (29) of the belt drive (17) on a by means of a clamping drive (30) in

Belt longitudinally adjustable clamping plate (26, 27) are attached and that the two juxtaposed clamping plates (26, 27) overlap each other in the belt longitudinal direction.

7. Storage and retrieval unit according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized

characterized in that the drive on the storage rack (12) of the

Mast support (2) arranged, with the running rail (3) cooperating wheel drive comprises.

8. Storage and retrieval unit according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized

in that the drive groups (6, 7) arranged on the mast (1) and on the mast support (2) are connected to a circulation drive (36) running along the running rail (3).

9. storage and retrieval unit according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized

in that the mast support (2) has a lifting guide (16) for a

Lifting truck (15).

10. Storage and retrieval unit according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized

in that, on the side of the mast (1) facing away from the mast support (2), one connected to the mast (1) by tension struts (39),

mastparalleler guide mast (40) is provided, which is supported on a drive group (41) on the running rail (3) and a Hubtrieb (42) for between the mast (1) and the guide mast (40) guided pallet truck (15).